eir Sport To Broadcast Ireland’s Chicago Clash With New Zealand

The eagerly-anticipated match will be at 8pm Irish time and is the first of Ireland’s November internationals. Joe Schmidt’s men will face the World champions who once again showed their recent dominance in the Rugby Championship, winning all of their games.

eir Sport will also broadcast the Munster v Maori All Blacks tie which takes place on Friday, November 11 at Thomond Park. This will be the first time both sides have met at the famous Limerick venue.

These fixtures are part of the impressive rugby coverage on the eir Sport pack this autumn. Other upcoming content includes the European Champions Cup including Leinster’s pool opener on October 15, Connacht and Ulster’s games in round 2 and the double headers in December for Leinster and Munster.

The eir Sport pack also shows 69 Aviva Premiership games, Leinster Schools rugby and every game from Women’s Rugby World Cup 2017 next summer.

Brian Quinn, Operations Director of eir Sport, commented: “Following on from our 2019 Rugby World Cup rights announcement, we are delighted to confirm more international rugby with Ireland v New Zealand live from Chicago on November 5 on eir Sport 1 (the match will be available on BT Sport in the UK).

“It promises to be a fantastic occasion and really adds to our ever growing selection of rugby content. Along with the confirmation of the Conor McGregor title fight for November 12, this is more good news for eir Broadband bundle customers who can receive all this great sport for free.”

The six-channel eir Sport pack includes eir Sport 1, eir Sport 2, BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2, BT Sport 3 and BT Sport ESPN.  The eir Sport Pack is available on eir Vision, on the eir Sport App, on Vodafone TV and on Sky in the Republic of Ireland. eir broadband customers can receive the eir Sport pack for free.